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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Fraud email example:

From: mannyjones10@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 16:52:05 -0000
Subject: Fluther Question: I translated this song into French for fun. Is the French
accurate?


Hello, Hopefully this mail will find you in a perfect state of mind andgood=
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will tell you all about me and also sendyou my picturesi onlyneed one hones=
t friend and hope i can get one pleasewrite soon .am residingin a refugee c=
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e a good friend ,i assure that you will not regret itMiss manny

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nch-for-fun-is-the-french/?utm_source=3Demail_a_friend&utm_medium=3Demail">=
I translated this song into French for fun. Is the French accurate?</a>
=

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